Voices Of eXperience (VOX)

24/11/2025

It's so this is a big thank you to all our members who share their time, energy and stories to make change. If you're interested in joining VOX, we have a range of memberships and all are FREE! Find out more voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

17/11/2025

It's so this is a big thank you to all our members who share their time, energy and stories to make change. If you're interested in joining VOX, we have a range of memberships and all are FREE! Find out more https://voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

12/11/2025

Can you help CAPS Independent Advocacy? They facilitate 'More Than A Label', a collective advocacy group for people who may attract the diagnosis of a personality disorder. The group feels there are improvements that can be made to mental health services in Edinburgh - they are looking for both people who use these services and who deliver them. Help by completing their survey and sharing it:

Survey for those delivering services https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XLPJXHG
Survey for those using services https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XL38PF7

11/11/2025

✏️This survey has been created by a group of people who may attract the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. The group feels there are improvements that need to be made to mental health services in Edinburgh for people who may attract these diagnoses. We want to hear from other people to learn more about their experiences.

This survey is confidential and will be used to help create a report about mental health services for people with BPD/EUPD in Edinburgh and to help shape our advocacy work.

You can fill in the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XL38PF7 Any one who takes this survey is warmly invited to come along to the group and get involved in our advocacy work! 💛 If you would like to learn more about the group, this survey, or share your experiences in a different way, please get in touch with the group's facilitator Alex at alex@capsadvocacy.org



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[Image description: Do you have BPD or EUPD?
Do you live in Edinburgh?
We want to hear about your experiences with mental health services.
‘Much More Than A Label’ is a Collective Advocacy Group facilitated by CAPS for people who may attract the diagnosis of a personality disorder.
MMTAL want to know how people in Edinburgh with BPD or EUPD find accessing the right mental health services in Edinburgh. Your experience can help shape our advocacy work!
Take our 10 minute survey!
Follow the link in our bio.
A graphic of a head with brain and flowers, and a loud speaker and the Much More Than A Label logo]

11/11/2025

👀🗣This survey has been created by a group of people who may attract the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. As part of our collective advocacy work, we regularly meet professionals who share our view that there could be improvements made to the mental health services for people with BPD/EUPD in Edinburgh. The group want to work with both people who use these services and the people who deliver them to help advocate for the best services possible.

Please help us by completing our survey for professionals here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XLPJXHG. If you would like to learn more about the group's work or have any questions about the survey please contact the group's facilitator Alex at alex@capsadvocacy.org

[Image description:Are you a mental health professional working in Edinburgh who works with people with BPD or EUPD?
‘Much More Than A Label’ is a Collective Advocacy Group facilitated by CAPS for people who may attract the diagnosis of a personality disorder.
MMTAL want to know what mental health professionals in Edinburgh working with people with BPD or EUPD think about the services in Edinburgh for people with BPD or EUPD. Your views help shape our advocacy work!
Take our 10 minute survey!
Follow the link in our bio.' with a graphic of two people sitting on a sofa, and a loud speaker and the Much More Than A Label logo]

05/11/2025

What a great conference AND we were shortlisted for annual poster competition. It's always valuable to get together with others across the sector and beyond, to listen and share ideas

29/10/2025

'Prevention, early intervention, and community-based care can only work if local services survive and thrive. Once they are gone it will be too late.' Read VOX Manager Natalie's reflections on meeting the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing earlier this year

It’s been a difficult summer for many of our VOX Scotland group members and for the mental health sector in general as funding promises have been broken and resources within most Integrated Joint Boards just don’t exist. This means commissioners are facing impossible decisions, but, it is mental...

10/10/2025

On we share these statistics from the United Nations which paint a clear picture of services and budgets that are not meeting the needs of those who have mental illness. Your voice can help us make change - join VOX today https://voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

03/10/2025

We are so grateful to be working alongside the wonderful North West Recovery Communities today at our session for pharmacy students at University of Strathclyde today! VOX members will be talking about their experiences of mental ill health, medications and the best ways for pharmacists to support people experiencing mental ill health. The voice of lived experience making change

01/10/2025

Have you read our response to the Government's consultation on Polypharmacy guidance? Our members responded to our questionnaire and focus group and we used the responses to highlight what matters most to our members. We are very grateful to everyone who shared their views and experiences. If you missed it, you can read it here

Polypharmacy means taking multiple medications at once and is often necessary for people with long-term conditions. In September 2025, the Scottish Government consulted on its new guidance which aims to ensure medicines are prescribed in a way that is safe, effective, and person-centred. We undertoo...

24/09/2025

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